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January 2017 | Thinking about Undergraduate Education in Public Affairs, By Mary K. Feeney*

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

Public affairs programs across the country are developing undergraduate certificates, concentrations, minors, and majors in public administration, affairs, policy, and service. We face a few challenges when developing public affairs undergraduate programs: (1) Differentiate from our graduate programs.

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23 March 2017 | Making a Difference in the Real World through Public Affairs Research, By Stephanie Moulton

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

As engaged scholar, Jill often collaborates with local nonprofit organizations, government agencies and policymakers to collect and compile data that she will use for her research. We as public affairs researchers can be more intentional about our role in the creation of implementation resources.

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21 August 2017 | Partisan Alignment and Delegation to the U.S. Bureaucracy, By Christine Palus & Susan Webb Yackee*

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

It was a great honor to receive the Beryl Radin Award at the 2017 PMRC conference at American University in June for our article entitled, “ Clerks or Kings? Bureaucracy ” in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. What does this mean for government in action? Partisan Alignment and Delegation to the U.S.

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November 2016 | The Past as Prologue: A Discussion with PMRA Founder H. George Frederickson, By Rosemary O’Leary*

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

Our new journal, Perspectives on Public Management and Governance (PPMG), is likely to succeed in part because of its “comparative boldness.” The deadline to apply for the editorship for PPMG has been extended to March 1, 2017. Stene Distinguished Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Kansas.

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CRA Podcast Episodes

CRA Today

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One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Death and Taxes

Yet, little academic research on governments has evaluated the process for selecting different tools, the policies governments have in place to implement them, and the consequences of using one tool over another. The legal allowance and authorization can be recognized through a formal policy created to govern practices.

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TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST

Barrett & Greene

As we recently reported in the second of a two-part series about Trust In Government for Route Fifty, about 45% of Americans have a less than favorable view of the trustworthiness of local governments, according to data from Polco. That’s somewhat up from 40% in 2017.